Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Thailand
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Thailand
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Armenian
Lao Language
Derived From
Latin
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Isan
Where They Speak
Greece
Isan
Dialect 2
Griko
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Italy
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
thaï
German Name
Neugriechisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Thai
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
thai1261
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Greek and Thai Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Greek and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Thai language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Thai Difficulty
The Greek vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Thai Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Greek and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.